Feb 6, 2013
| Portable LifeStraws Could Make Water Potable in Syria Refugee Camp |
Jan 27, 2013
| The Preppers Next Door |
Nov 30, 2012
| The 25th Anniversary of World AIDS Day: How Water Filters and Bed Nets Can Help Fight HIV |
Nov 18, 2012
| European firm intervenes to prevent guinea worm re-emergence in Ghana |
Nov 15, 2012
| Nets to prevent mosquito bites and LifeStraw community to provide clean water |
Nov 6, 2012
| ShelterBox responds to Hurricane Sandy |
Nov 5, 2012
| Change Management |
Oct 18, 2012
| Use of water filters, safe storage reduces diarrhea among HIV positive women |
Oct 16, 2012
| Filtrer l’eau avec la paille LifeStraw |
Oct 1, 2012
| Can the World Save Lives and Combat Climate Change? |
Sept 14, 2012
| Take Five: Washington University's Peter MacKeith on good design for the planet |
Sept 14, 2012
| LifeStraw: a New Water World |
Aug 22, 2012
| Quenching the Global Thirst for Clean Water |
July 26, 2012
| Preventing malaria and diarrhoea delays need for antiretroviral therapy |
June 27, 2012
| From Hotel Uniforms To Life-Saving Water Filters: Evolving The Humanitarian Entrepreneurship Model |
June 3, 2012
| Carbon for Water: A New Sustainable Finance Model Saves Lives and the Environment |
Apr 25, 2012
| Malaria Surge Feared [pdf] |
Apr 25, 2012
| Combating Malaria [pdf] |
Apr 2, 2012
| Integration: An Effective and Efficient Global Health Approach |
Mar 29, 2012
| Cheap Solutions for Big Problems |
Mar 14, 2012
| Pioneering carbon-for-water project eyes major expansion [pdf] |
Mar 11, 2012
| Business to Play a Big Role in Green Economy at Rio [pdf] |
Mar 1, 2012
| Survive Anything |
Feb 20, 2012
| Technology serves needs of developing countries |
Jan 26, 2012
| Innovative private-sector aid projects |
Jan 16, 2012
| Technology For a Cause |
Dec 19, 2011
| LifeStraw Saving Lives, Sometimes by Saving the Environment
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Dec 14, 2011
| Local high school students giving gift of clean water to earthquake-ravaged Haiti
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Dec 14, 2011
| The LifeStraw filters dirty water into clean drinking water
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Dec 5, 2011
| PPP puts up new infections disease research facility at Legon [PDF]
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Dec 5, 2011
| U-G sets up centre to research into malaria, and others [PDF]
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Dec 5, 2011
| Vestergaard Frandsen inaugurates research centre [PDF]
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Dec 2, 2011
| New Malaria Research Centre Opens Up at Noguchi [PDF]
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Dec 2, 2011
| New Research Centre to find solutions to infectious diseases inaugurated
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Dec 2, 2011
| Ghana's foremost medical research center gets new ultra-modern laboratory
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Dec 1, 2011
| A $40m Investment Research Laboratory Centre Opened
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Dec 1, 2011
| Health Minister inaugurates 250,000 dollar laboratory at Nogochi
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Dec 1, 2011
| Ghana: Vestergaard Frandsen Partners Noguchi to Fight Malaria, Others
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Dec 1, 2011
| Vestergaard Frandsen partners Noguchi to fight malaria, others
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Nov 30, 2011
| New Infectious Disease Laboratory
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Nov 29, 2011
| Holgate has a new vision for Africa
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Nov 8, 2011
| Partnerships In Tuberculosis Control: Together We Can!
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Nov 1, 2011
| 5 Tech Breakthroughs Bringing Clean Water to the Developing World
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Oct 26, 2011
| Protect the young ones from tuberculosis
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Oct 21, 2011
| IOM Delivers US Flood Aid to Thai Disaster Response Agency
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Oct 5, 2011
| Carbon Financing Program Provides Clean Drinking Water in Kenya
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Oct 5, 2011
| Lifesavers for the Third World
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Sept 26, 2011
| LifeStraw Saves Those Without Access to Clean Drinking Water
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Sept 20, 2011
| Presentan Dispositivo Potabiliza El Agua
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Sept 18, 2011
| Cholera Outbreak in Rain Hit Areas
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Sept 16, 2011
| Presentan dispositivo que potabiliza el agua y la convierte en apta para el consumo familiar
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Sept 15, 2011
| RICHARD BRANSON: Entrepreneurial solutions for a thirsty planet
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Sept 1, 2011
| Designing for the Rest of the Global Market
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Aug 7, 2011
| Making drinking water safe in 3rd world countries
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July 26, 2011
| Drogba spendet Malaria-Netze einer Schweizer Firma
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July 20, 2011
| Local, Affordable, and Sustainable Technologies
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July 9, 2011
| Dona Lifestraw filtros de agua para municipios
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July 7, 2011
| Miss Universo visita Hidalgo para entregar purificadores de agua
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July 1, 2011
| Kenya: Lifestraw Water Filters Saving Lives in Mutomo
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May 17, 2011
| The gadgets for disaster zones
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April 26, 2011
| Vestergaard Frandsen Starts Voluntary Carbon Project in Kenya
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April 25, 2011
| Fighting Water-Borne Disease In Africa, And Making Millions In The Process
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April 20, 2011
| Malaria: Blood, Sweat and Tears at the CDC
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March 24, 2011
| Día mundial del agua: resaltan la importancia del buen manejo del agua mediante el juego
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Jan 16, 2011
| Love designs the Danish way
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Jan 1, 2011
| LifeStraw CSR Project in Kenya (4 MB PDF in Danish)
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Nov 19, 2010
| Fight Waterborne Disease "Die Hard" Style
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Nov 15, 2010
| Clean Water at No Cost? Just Add Carbon Credits
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Nov 1, 2010
| Make Malaria History (231 KB PDF)
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Nov 1, 2010
| National Geographic: Big Ideas, Little Packages (1 MB PDF)
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| Oct 14, 2010 | Wonder straw that purifies dirty water in Kenya at last (1 MB PDF)
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| Oct 14, 2010 | Straws bring life to Kangundo residents
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| Oct 7, 2010 | Low Tech Bed Net Aims High in the Fight Against Malaria
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| Sept 29, 2010 | The force behind LifeStraw
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| Aug 14, 2010 | Giving is no longer a government preserve
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| Aug 11, 2010 | Protecting the Protectors - Vestergaard-Frandsen gifts insecticidal nets to WTI
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| Aug 10, 2010 | African NBA Stars Use Height to Hang Bed Nets in Senegal
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| Aug 5, 2010 | NRI boy delivers where State ‘fails'
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| July 24, 2010 | Lutte contre le paludisme : Les acteurs craignent la résistance des vecteurs aux insecticides
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| July 2, 2010 | Starlets, Maidens join United Against Malaria campaign
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| July 1, 2010 | Investing in the bottom of the pyramid
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| June 13, 2010 | Doing business and doing good
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| June 8, 2010 | Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and World Health Leaders Launch Global Women’s Health Initiative
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| May 6, 2010 | Aids patients pay the price as donors withhold funds
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| Apr 12, 2010 | The Many Faces of Malaria
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| Mar 26, 2010 | 2010 Social Innovation Award Winners Announced
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| Mar 1, 2010 | Work Smarter: Vestergaard Frandsen
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| Feb 14, 2010 | Vi er ret alene in Danish |
| Jan 29, 2010 | Kenya Seeks Support For a Combined HIV and Malaria Prevention Campaign
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| Dec 12, 2009 | Model to fight diseases to save Sh67b
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| Dec 10, 2009 | Company unveils new programme for cocoa farmers
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| Dec 10, 2009 | En Afrique, au Nigeria, les moustiques résistent et profitent du réchauffement climatique
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| Dec 10, 2009 | And the winners were . . .
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| Dec 9, 2009 | Insecticide resistance deepens malaria crisis in Nigeria
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| Oct 13, 2009 | Malaria in Africa: As new net distribution starts in Zambia, aid agency promotes correct, lifesaving use
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| Sept 18, 2009 | Warm embrace that could save 20 million babies a year
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| Sept 2, 2009 | Can a For-profit Entrepreneur Be a Social Entrepreneur?
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| Sept 1, 2009 | Vestergaard launches ‘back to school’ campaign
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| Aug 10, 2009 | Bangladesh: Uncultured Project and Clean Water
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| Aug 7, 2009 | Disease-Fighting Mosquito Nets Now on Sale
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| Aug 5, 2009 | Technology of the Future in Spanish (PDF, 274 kb) |
| Aug 5, 2009 | Fighting Malaria: World Vision to distribute, test next-generation bed net
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| July 22, 2009 | Clean, Clear Water
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| LifeStraw: the invention of the century in Spanish (PDF, 606 kb) |
| July 19, 2009 | Malaria War: Any Consideration on the Environment?
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| July 15, 2009 | Father-son duo head to Sudan on mission trip
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| July 8, 2009 | Thousands line up in Kenya for HIV testing
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| July 8, 2009 | Real Economy Report
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| July 8, 2009 | BASF Polyethersulfone Resin Used in New Water Purification System
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| June 30, 2009 | Anti-Malaria Charity Pays for Nothing But Nets
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| June 08, 2009 | Linking up to help lifesaving project
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| June 01, 2009 | Eliminating Mosquitoes: Battle without End?
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| May 24, 2009 | From the Dunn to the Third World: Clean water
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| May 14, 2009 | LifeStraws
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| May 13, 2009 | FASTCOMPANY - Design for a Living World' Preview: 10 Products That Stay True to Their Origins
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| Apr 29, 2009 | Ferrari' of mosquito nets now in SL
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| Apr 25, 2009 | Malaria battle needs joint action
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| Apr 23, 2009 | Working Towards 'Counting Malaria Out' Through Scale-Up of PermaNet(R) Bed Nets, Vestergaard Frandsen Produces 175 Millionth Net; Introduces New Net To Combat Insecticide Resistance
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| Apr 14, 2009 | April declared Malaria Month
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| Apr 14, 2009 | Cost of malaria treatment to drop, says official
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| Apr 12, 2009 | Khaleej Times Online - Experts Call for Quick Response to Recovery
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| Apr 06, 2009 | Voice of America: Simple Way to Prevent Malaria While Sleeping
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| Apr 06, 2009 | Voice of America: Simple Way to Prevent Guinea Worm Disease
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| Apr 06, 2009 | Voice of America: A Straw that Prevents Disease and Saves Lives
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| Apr 04, 2009 | Students take lifestraw initiative to NCAC
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| Apr 01, 2009 | Millennium Development Goals Review: Disasters - Reality, Innovative Ideas and a Team Effort Create a Relief Blueprint
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| Mar 25, 2009 | Thinking Day here leads to helping in Africa
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| Mar 01, 2009 | Science Africa - Multiple Disease Control Model for Kenya and the World
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| Feb 27, 2009 | PBS - Design for the Other 90 Percent
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| Feb 25, 2009 | LifeStraw® to stem cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe
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| Feb 25, 2009 | UNICEF and IKEA support 'permanets' to save lives from malaria in India
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| Feb 18, 2009 | Three million PermaNet® bed nets on the way to 30 destinations across South Sudan
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| Feb 05, 2009 | Daily Nation: Fighting Stigma
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| Feb 05, 2009 | Global Challenges | New York Times Examines Company Vestergaard-Frandsen's Efforts to Provide HIV Tests, Other Products in Developing Countries
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| Feb 04, 2009 | Company Profits from Charitable Work
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| Feb 04, 2009 | A look at Vestergaard Frandsen, the company behind the LifeStraw
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| Feb 04, 2009 | Students sending LifeStraws to African village
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| Feb 03, 2009 | New York Times: A Company Prospers by Saving Poor People's Lives
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| Jan 26, 2009 | How Things Work: LifeStraw
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| Jan 23, 2009 | Lurambi takes 'lead' in mass HIV testing
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| Jan 19, 2009 | Massive Kenyan Concert on January 20th Kicks-off Global Celebration for Inauguration of Barack Obama
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| Jan 19, 2009 | Hotels cash in on Obama's big day
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| Jan 18, 2009 | Rural Kenyans Recently Diagnosed as Being HIV Positive to Get Improved Medical Care at New Emusanda Health Centre
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| Jan 21, 2009 | Carnival as residents mark historic day
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| Jan 14, 2009 | Ag Charter School hooks up with Kenya - Fund-raising campaign will supply funds for lifestraws.
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| Dec. 2008 | Eyes on Malaria Online: Lifeline to Residents of Lurambi
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| Dec 08, 2008 | African campaigners want anti-malaria protection for HIV positive people
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| Dec 01, 2008 | Breakthrough in HIV Testing Seen in African Program
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| Dec 01, 2008 | HIV/AIDS Testing Campaign in Kenya Successfully Combines Diarrhea and Malaria Prevention.
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| Nov 17, 2008 | Scientific American: 2008 Gadget Guide: 11 Socially Responsible Inventions to Save the World - LifeStraw® Family
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| Nov 17, 2008 | Scientific American: 2008 Gadget Guide: 11 Socially Responsible Inventions to Save the World - LifeStraw®
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| Nov 17, 2008 | Scientific American: 2008 Gadget Guide: 11 Socially Responsible Inventions to Save the World - ZeroFly® and PermaNet®
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| Nov 17, 2008 | Now Its Insecticide-Treated Curtain
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| Nov 05, 2008 | Vestergaard Frandsen Combines Multiple Disease Interventions in Unique Campaign
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| Oct 02, 2008 | Lurambi leads in HIV testing
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| Sep 29, 2008 | Freebie approach looks to entice Kenyans into HIV tests
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| Sep 28, 2008 | Campaign Reaches Rural Kenyans With HIV Info
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| Sep 25, 2008 | Kenya's mass HIV testing drive gives villagers new lease of life (defunct) |
| Sep 20, 2008 | Public, private partner up to fight common disease malaise in rural Kenyan communities
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| Sep 19, 2008 | Kenya: HIV Tests Launch Wider Health Campaign
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| Sep 17, 2008 | KENYA: A triple-whammy approach to disease prevention
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| Sep 16, 2008 | Yvonne Chaka Chaka rocks Kakamega (defunct) |
| Sep 16, 2008 | Kenya worries over fresh HIV infections (defunct) |
| Sep 16, 2008 | Kenya fights malaria, HIV, diarrheal disease (defunct)
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| Sep 15, 2008 | Raila to launch one-week HIV, malaria campaign (defunct) |
| Sep 15, 2008 | Integrated Prevention Demonstration Campaign Launched in Western Kenya to Fight HIV, Malaria and Diarrhoeal Disease (defunct) |
| Sep 12, 2008 | Princess of charity checks in (defunct) |
| Sep 08, 2008 | After Hurricane Ike, Haiti needs `flood of helicopters' (defunct) |
| Sep 03, 2008 | Lifeline for the water starved
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| Aug 25, 2008 | Vestergaard embarks on back to school promo
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| Aug 18, 2008 | Preventing AIDS, 40,000 People at a Time
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| Aug 07, 2008 | First Lady Laura Bush and United Nations Foundation to Announce Nothing But Nets Distribution of Mosquito Nets to Combat Malaria in Burma (Myanmar)
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| Aug 07, 2008 | Bed Nets to Burma
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| July 22, 2008 | Vestegaard champions malaria elimination in Kodji community
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| July 10, 2008 | South Florida hospital news- Fort Lauderdale Rotary Is Saving Lives in Africa with the "LifeStraw®"
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| July 07, 2008 | National Geographic- Wet and Wonderful- World Water Day
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| July 07, 2008 | Business Week - The Do-Good Imperative
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| July 01, 2008 | Vanguard -Nigeria -Vestergaad promotes bed nets among market women in Lagos
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| June 27, 2008 | Discovery Technology - 10 Innovations for Impoverished People.
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| June 23, 2008 | The Wall Street Journal- Water, Water Everywhere...
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| June 23, 2008 | Watertechonline- Water-purifying 'straw' in design spotlight
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| June 22, 2008 | The Guardian - Vestergaard Battles Malaria Scourge In Nigeria
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| June 19, 2008 | Forbes - Straws for Life
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| June 13, 2008 | Portfolio, New York, USA : The Next Big Thing - Water
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| June 11, 2008 | Guardian - Expectant mothers get mosquito nets
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| June 03, 2008 | Lancashire Telegraph - East Lancashire woman has £200k goal to help poor
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| June 03, 2008 | Letoile, France: Malaria Update
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| June 03, 2008 | Straw aid: Saving lives in Burma
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| June 03, 2008 | East Lancashire woman has £200k goal to help poor
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| May 28, 2008 | Minnesota Daily : Designing in the green, globalized free market
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| May 25, 2008 | Emirates News, UAE: - Red Crescent receives 10000 instant water purification devices
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| May 24, 2008 | A new tool for fighting poverty : Smart design
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| May 24, 2008 | Red Crescent receives 10,000 'LifeStraw' instant water purification devices from BinSina Pharmacy
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| May 23, 2008 | ShelterBox and Rotarians reaching out to aid Chinese earthquake victims
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| May 23, 2008 | Seeing crisis as opportunity
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| May 20, 2008 | Pure: Clean drinking water for all of humanity.
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| May 20, 2008 | The Times of Zambia - World unites to kick out Malaria
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| May 20, 2008 | ' Water for all donates' LifeStraw® to students in Kenya.
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| May 19, 2008 | Breaking Travel News : Richard Branson personally hands out LifeStraw® in Kenya
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| May 15, 2008 | LifeStraw® reaches Burma post the recent aftermath.
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| May 12, 2008 | The New York academy of Sciences : Scientists Without BordersSM Unveils Web Portal to Drive Global Scientific Collaboration
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| May 11, 2008 | Punch, Nigeria: Vestergaard, WHO others bemoan, dangers of malaria
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| May 09, 2008 | The Australian- The other of Invention
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| May 08, 2008 | Syracuse.com: Children raise money for water purifiers
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| Apr 29, 2008 | Francistown - PSI launches treated mosquito nets
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| Apr 25, 2008 | Times of Zambia - Three hundred nets donated to Livingstone general hospital.
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| Apr 25, 2008 | Zambia Daily mail - Princess Astrid of Belgium and musician Yvonne Chaka Chaka hands out 135 millionth Permanet® bednets in celebration of World Malaria Day
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| Apr 25, 2008 | Trading Markets ,Los Angeles,CA,USA - Roll Back Malaria Zambezi Expedition Arrives In Livingstone.
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| Apr 24, 2008 | Zambia:Child Receives 135 millionth PermaNet® Bed Net
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| Apr 23, 2008 | Project H: Fund a Lifestraw for Mumbai for $25
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| Apr 23, 2008 | LifeStraw Family: Cheap Water Filtration for World's Poor
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| Apr 19, 2008 | Daily News, Los Angeles: Green Rush
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| Apr 10, 2008 | Calibre- Enzi Stresses Need to Address the Health Effects of Global Poverty
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| Apr 01, 2008 | The American- Techno-Ideas- Thirst Aid- LifeStraw
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| Mar 25, 2008 | A life-saver tested
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| Mar 14, 2008 | Drinking Water. A Challenge for All
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| Mar 10, 2008 | Developing world to benefit from Vestergaard acquisition
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| Mar 09, 2008 | Uganda: A Simple Way to Get Safe Water
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| Mar 06, 2008 | Minister endorses cost effective measures to tackle water related diseases
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| Mar 03, 2008 | Adweek - Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen - Developer of the LifeStraw water purifier
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| Feb 28, 2008 | Sudan Tribune: Sudan distributes anti-malaria nets in war affected areas
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| Feb 28, 2008 | Guardian Newspaper - Science - Firm launches new water treatment product
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| Feb 27, 2008 | A Portable Filtration Device is Named World Changing Idea
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| Feb 26, 2008 | FastCompany.com - Saatchi & Saatchi - World Changing Ideas - LifeStraw®
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| Feb 25, 2008 | An Ad Agency Tries to Change the World
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| Feb 25, 2008 | Scientific American - Water Filtration System in a Straw
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| Feb 25, 2008 | LifeStraw® Wins World Changing Ideas Award
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| Feb 21, 2008 | Outlook Money - Swiss company to launch low cost water purifier
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| Feb 17, 2008 | New Vision Online (Uganda) - Water purifier launched
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| Feb 16, 2008 | The Standard - Repatriation of IDPs criticised
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| Feb 12, 2008 | LifeStraw® Water Purifier Introduced
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| Feb 09, 2008 | Standard (Kenya): Water Purifier Launched
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| Feb 08, 2008 | Life saving technological innovation in Ghana
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| Jan 29, 2008 | Medway Pupils Raise Funds for Clean Water
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| Jan 21, 2008 | Making Progress - These 3 companies from across the globe are creating products specifically intended to help developing countries.
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| Jan 11, 2008 | Community Press: Area students strive to help Congolese
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| Dec 30, 2007 | Rockbridge Weekly's Newsline: Stuart Hall Students Work on Important Projects
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| Dec 26, 2007 | Botswana: PSI Launches Treated Mosquito Nets
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| Dec 21, 2007 | PBS: Transcripts: Bill Moyers Journal
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| Dec 15, 2007 | Ensuring safe water for the needy with mobile purification tool
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| Dec 14, 2007 | Red Crescent and BinSina Pharmacy launch humanitarian campaign
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| Dec 3, 2007 | Lifestraw mark II - push to expand distribution of upgraded lifesaving invention
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| Nov 30,2007 | Ecropolis, Inc - video on top innovators presented at a conference of entrepreneurs
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| Nov 30,2007 | Sipping salvation
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| Nov 19, 2007 | School Trying To Buy LifeStraws
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| Nov 12, 2007 | Madagascar ups its game in battle against malaria
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| Oct 22, 2007 | PR Newswire: Government of Madagascar and Coalition of Global Partners Launch Measles and Malaria Prevention Campaign
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| Oct 15, 2007 | News.com: For disruptive technologies, look to material sciences
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| Sep 26, 2007 | MSNBC video: Cleaner water for Africa's poor
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| Sep 26, 2007 | MSNBC - The Daily Nightly - Eco-Jargon
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| Sep 13, 2007 | Save the Children addresses immediate survival needs of children and families affected by Hurricane Felix
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| Aug 27, 2007 | Humanitarian effort nets award for boy, 10
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| June 13, 2007 | CBS News: Katie: "Invention Of The Century"?
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| June 11, 2007 | Newsweek: $3 Gadget Produces Safe Drinking Water
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| June 7, 2007 | LifeStraw®: Personal Water Purification Tool
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| May 20, 2007 | Just Design - LifeStraw®
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| May 18, 2007 | Gimme Innovative Shelter - LifeStraw®
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| May 8, 2007 | Design for the rest of the world: LifeStraw®
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| Mar 30, 2007 | World Ark - Clean water for $10
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| Mar 24, 2007 | LE MONDE: Drinking water for all?
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| Feb 1, 2007 | FastCompany.Com - The 2007 Fast 50 - Vestergaard Frandsen
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